Yep the kennel club site, im not sure leos are on it yet, might be mistaken tho!

I can only find the top 20 leo, and leonbergers arent on there, YET lol

I would be very sad if I thought my breed was among the most popular. It would only give the puppy farmers an excuse to churn out hundreds of badly bred sickly specimens, without any thought for the breed or for the bitches they farmed The best I can hope for my breed (American Cocker) is that the general public will see them as the high maintainence breed that they are.

As for Chocolate Labs being more difficult to live with in whatever way, it is generally accepted that they are more difficult to train, and have a shorter attention span. There has never been a UK Field Trial Champion Chocolate Labrador. There have been countless Blacks and Yellows. Unfortunately there is a fashion for Chocolate Labs, and that demand is being filled by greedy people that have no in depth knowledge of the breed and just mate any old Choc to any old Choc, and what you end up with is a brown dog with little or no resemblance to a good Labrador. In general people do not know that Choc to Choc is a no no. They only see ££££££££ for Chocolate puppies. I wonder if the demand would exist to the same extent if the breed called the colour, Liver, or simply Brown.

am shocked to see rotties at number 10

i hardly ever see a rottie when i,m out walking
and also people say to me they don,t see many rotties around anymore

but i have been told that the chocs dont work so well in the field is this right

there are a lot of them around here but i will agree there used to be more of them

When I lived in Edinburgh, I saw only one Border Collie in about 15 years, but up here, they're almost like vermin , both as pets and as workers! Not surprising, I suppose, considering the number of pups which must get produced "accidentally" on the local farms.

I would have expected to see them higher up the list, given the number seen in adverts and on pet product packaging, still, a BC is not for everyone

Snorri

Kennel Club Top 20 Registered Breeds - 2003 (slightly different from the 2002 one i posted above.)

1. Retriever (Labrador)
2. German Shepherd Dog (Alsatian)
3. Spaniel (Cocker)
4. Spaniel (English Springer)
5. Staffordshire Bull Terrier
6. Retriever (Golden)
7. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
8. West Highland White Terrier
9. Boxer
10. Border Terrier
11. Rottweiler
12. Yorkshire Terrier
13. Lhasa Apso
14. Shih Tzu
15. Dobermann
16. Weimaraner
17. Bull Terrier
18. Miniature Schnauzer
19. Bulldog
20. Dalmatian

A well bred labrador should be capable of field/show work WHATEVER THE COLOUR, colour doesnt change a labs mentality! thats ridiculous!

I agree chocolate labs have fallen into the arms of puppy farmers, unfortunatly there are SOME bad tempered , mad chocs around, as they are some aggressive blacks and yellows

Im with Nursey on this one and am glad that boxers are 9th on the list.